Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-04-23

The Aminble Conspiracy Planned ny
Three Society Young LadIeA

Inc sAInthoie conspiracy IIannou Uy
Three Society Young LadicA
There were three young ladies' who, by
virtue of the official positions Of their
fathers, had tho assurance of always
having partners themselves for tho cotil-
Ions, IL there were men enough TO 20
around, who, because OF the scarcity Of
the masculine article In Washington,
especially of the dancing kind, determined
q few winters ago 10 boycott all the
girls not In their own clique who came to
the city ns visitors; and this is the way
they managed II. A modest, attract
i've girl was visiting q senator's wife,
but know very few gentlemen in
Washington, for the senator's wife with
whom she was had not lived here long, and
1t so CHANGED that In a certain german the
young lady knew but three men besides
her own partner. The trio who had
formed the league against visitors knew
this fact, and being themselves well ae-
quainted with most Of the gentlemen
dancing that night, including the three
the young stranger knew, they determined
among themselves to regularly stake OUT
those three, whenever the stranger was
on the floor, before she could do so, in or
der to prevent her, as she was too modest
TO "take out" any but an acquaintance,
from having any one with whom she could
dance except her own partner.
In pursuance Of this amiable conspiracy
the three girls actually succeeded liz caus.
ing the young lady to BIO left stranded III
the middle of the ball room, looking hope
lessiy at the strange faces of the men who
were seated, while tho three men she
knew were kept by the three girls who
had planned this discontinue for her, fol
no other reason than desire to see hel
neglected, as o contrast to their own belle
ship, and to discourage her and other Wis
itors to the city from ''poaching upoI
their preserves" by dividing with then
the attention of the few young men il
society
Especially does this particular clique Of
girls-for though the three who carried
out the plan above described arc married
now, they have their successors among
families whose home is in Washington
look with disfavor upon congressional
families, whether those of senators or rep
resentatives, though they sometimes, as Q
great concession, admit daughters Of sen
ators to their ring, il the latter have lived
long enough in Washington for theil
daughters to grow up here, or il they car
entertain at all here, or invite their cir
| friends to visit them in their pleasant
| homes in tho states from which they
come
But the real belle Of Washington in
| girl of higher type than those who plo
TO boycott other girls, and beautiful
young and highly accomplished, and I
genator's daughter, is always provided
weeks ahead with partners for ever,
dance, yet says she never has good tim'
if other girls are not enjoying Themselves
81 do think" enthusiastically cxclaimct
another young and pretty girl, who Eat
needed no favors at the bellies hands
"she is the lovelicst girl ever saw. Sh
is so sweet to other girlsl At tho las
| german she had received many corsag
bouquets in the Dance ami she saw an
other girl who had none; so, in passing
her, quietly slipped one of her own int
her hand" In this way she gave to othe
! girls all the six bouquets she receive,
that night.
There is q selfish and malicious part
too, which young men also take in til
german, and for purposes of their own
sometimes spite, sometimes to curr
favor with certain Of the girls
conspire together to make bellies q
some and to slight others equally dt
serving 1t is very easy for ''ring''-
and such exist in social as well politics
circles-to carry out their purposes in
german, especially if the leader of til
dance be one of the clique which ha
decided to make the occasion pleasur
or punishment to some Of those present
for the leader of q german is a great auto
crat while he holds sway. Washingto
Cor. Harper's Bazaar.